Vladimir Kosygin (Russian: Владимир Косыгин) is a nuclear strategist of the USSR in Red Alert.

Background[]

By the later stages of the Second World War he became a major and a well known nuclear warfare strategist.

Character development[]

Kosygin became disillusioned by Stalin's methods, especially as the dictator became enraged at the Soviet's failing war effort and took out his anger on subordinates. The major contacted the Allies and offered to defect. He was extracted from Riga, Latvia during an attack led by Field Commander A9.

At the Allied headquarters he answers General Gunter von Esling's inquiries concerning the state of the Soviet nuclear program. He summarizes Stalin's televised announcement by warning the general the dictator was preparing to launch nuclear weapons. Based on Kosygin's intelligence von Esling directs Field Commander A9 to destroy the Dark Horseman base, the primary missile manufacturing facility, and its launch capability.

Appearances[]

Vladimir Kosygin appears only in the original Red Alert.

Trivia[]

• His surname was apparently loaned from high-ranking Soviet statesman Alexei Kosygin, who was Premier of Soviet Union in seventies. He may also be inspired by the real Cold War era defector, Polish colonel Ryszard Kukliński, a Warsaw Pact strategist and CIA informant, passing on strategic plans regarding the use of Soviet nuclear weapons to Carter administration. Kuklinski was evacuated from Warsaw by the CIA the similar (though less spectacular) way as Kosygin in the game.

v·d·e Prominent Members of the USSR

Red Alert Joseph Stalin • Kane • Nadia Zelenkov • Gradenko • Georgi Kukov • Vladimir Kosygin • Topolov • Soviet Commander • S7 • Volkov Red Alert 2 Alexander Romanov • Zofia • Vladimir • Yuri • Boris • Sam • Soviet Commander • Yershenko Red Alert (iOS) Bronislav • Natasha Volkova • Soviet Commander Red Alert 3 Anatoly Cherdenko • Nikolai Krukov • Gregor Zelinsky • Oleg Vodnik • Zhana Agonskaya • Nikolai Moskvin • Natasha Volkova • Dasha Fedorovich • Vera Belova • Soviet Commander

v·d·e Allied Personnel

Red Alert Gunter von Esling Albert Einstein George Patton Vladimir Kosygin Nikos Stavros Tanya Adams Field Commander A9 Retaliation Commander Carville Red Alert 2 Bing (civilian) Jerry Boyd Michael Dugan Albert Einstein Ben Carville Eva Lee Réne Lyon Monnage Tanya British Prime Minister German Chancellor South Korean Naval Commander Allied Commander Red Alert (iOS) Eva McKenna Allied Commander Red Alert 3 Howard T. Ackerman Vice President Robert Bingham Warren Fuller Lissette Hanley Giles Price Gregor Zelinsky Eva McKenna Tanya Allied Commander Uprising Douglas Hill Brenda Snow Eva McKenna Giles Price Rupert Thornley Kelly Weaver Lydia Winters